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Hi youall, it has been awhile since i have been on , don't really now why i backed off other than things have not gone quite the way i had hoped it would. It was 1 year on the 12 that i had my band with the plication and i have manage to lose 55lbs but most of that came off before the surgery. After my band things where really slow maybe 1-2 lbs a month, for the first few months. i only have 2cc in my band but i dont feel like thats my problem. I feel like i have good resteriction because there are a lot of things i absolutly can not eat and one of them is bread. There are days that even water hurts to drink if i try and drink to fast. My Dr and i have been over my eating habits and everything is ok there. sometimes i might have a week moment and have one to many hurshey kisses. In the last few months i have caught myself falling back into some of my old bad habits like snaking in the evening in front of the TV. or just eating because it sounds good, not because i am hungery. So i am back on track again watching my calory intake and i am going to get to my goal. Thanks for letting me vent.

Hi, I live in Broken Arrow and also use Dr. Atkins.

just hang in there, keep doing what you know that you have to do it will come off. this was i though a bad month for me i new that i wasnt eating properly to many partys with cake and ice cream, my scales at home was telling me i was gaining (oh no) got back on track and still no change in the scales, noticeed my feet were swollen so i took a water pill and that seemed to help. Then when i when to ttyhe Dr. i just knew that i wouldnt have lost the 4 lbs that he wanted out of me this month but i did come close 3.8 boy was i supprised. he did give me a fill but it was only .5cc. As far as hunger pains i havent really had problems with that ,but i am probaly eating more food at meals than i feel like i should but the Dr. said to listen to your body eat slow and stop when you feel satisfied. Dont give up remember we are turtles slow and steady will win

Deb, congratulation, love love the turtle bead cant weight to get mine. Such a great idea. maybe we need to change our group name from springers to turtles, lol

Had my Dr. appointment today, can not believe i lost 3.8 lbs i am shoked my scales at home had not moved all month. Needless to say i didnt get my butt chewed he was very happy with my progress. I did get a fill of .5 so now i have 2.5 cc in my band. Back on liquids for 24 hours than soft foods for another 24. maybe if i work real hard this month i can met make another bench mark, and get my turtle bead.

Deb, thats so cool, love the turtle beed idea, hope you dont mind if i borrow it but i think i will wait till i hit the 50 pound mark and them find another to mark goal. thanks great idea.

Hi Deb, cant being so quiet on here, know what you mean about head hunger, thats probaley been my problecause em all alone the see food diet. Eat because it looks good not because i am hungery. knew the band wasnt going to help that is something i just have to work on, but was hoping that the band wouldnt let me eat the whole cake that just a litttle would work. when i went in for my second dr visit he didnt give me a fill, i have only had 1 at 2cc. He said that i was losing weight and my hunger was under control that i didnt need one. ok no problem as long as i am going down, Even though i felt like i was still eating to much at my meals, he said it was ok as long as i am losing. I go in for my 3rd visit on the 18, my weight has basiclly stayed the same for the last few weeks but i know thats from me not eating the proper foods, this month has been filled with all kinds of extra activity (birthdays, 4th of july, birthdays)(cake, ice cream,all kinds of deaserts)so what i am trying to say is i dont know if i will get a fill or if i am going to get my butt chewed for not behaving. lol Have a good week all

Julz, good to see your post was wondering where you have been. glad you turtling along, we WILL win this chalange. keep in touch

anyone know where Julzs is, havent seen any post from her in awhile?

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my Dr said to stay away from bread posta and rice, I did try some bread didnt like the way it made me feel, had brown rice did ok with it, and mac and cheese didnt bother me either. Also think crust pizza didnt bother me. I didnt get a fill this time either Dr said as lone as i was loosing weight and my apatite was under control ( not hungry between meals) that i didn't need a fill. I have only had 1 fill and he only put 2cc in it.

Had my Dr's appt. yesterday thought i would get my second fill but the Dr said i didnt need one . said that since i an loosing weight, that i am not really hungry between meals, and my snaking is under control, that we would give it another 4 weeks and see how it goes. Said in 6 months i should be at goal. Thay seems like forever to me but i guess i didnt put this weight on overnight i can't exspect for it to disapear overnight. My eposodes of food getting stuck for me have been very unplesent, i get these pains under my left shoulder blade that feels like i have a knife stiking in me, it hurts bad enough that i have to urp and get it out, but i dont like to urp so i try to let it pass and it just got more painful. finally i got rid of it and was much better, Not somethink i want to repeat anytime soon.

Good job Julz, slow and steddy I go in for my 2nd fill on Wendsday, the Dr wanted me to have lost 5, would loke to have lost more but oh well. I think that i have done that, it is hard to tell my scales seem to fluctuate up and down 2 pounds, one time i am down below 190 and the next time i step on i am back up over 190 (frusteratting) i assumming it is probaly fluid retintion, lol anyboddy had any episodeds with food getting stuck? I have about 3 times now and it is so painful i dont want to repeet it, but i know it is a learnning process of what we can and cant eat, Now i know that chicken tenders from Charles is off my list of foods i will never try again. Have a good day, talk to you all again soon :wub: